Tuesday, 12 August 2003
Vote: Bills — Responsible Gambling Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Responsible Gambling Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
George Hawkins
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Manurewa)
LINDSAY TISCH (NZ National—Piako): Here we are, 3 years later, and we have a bit of a Bible here. The bill has 333 pages, containing 333 clauses and six schedules, making it great bedtime reading. Dianne Yates: Nine long years, and you didn’t do... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Gambling regulation”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Gambling regulation.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(62 Ayes – 57 Noes – 1 Absent)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 8 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |